Introducing 

Prezi AI.

Your new presentation assistant.

Refine, enhance, and tailor your content, source relevant images, and edit visuals quicker than ever before.

Loading…
Transcript

Cornell University

Facts

  • Established: in 1865
  • Type: Private with 14 colleges and schools, 4-year university
  • Students: 20,939
  • Mascot: Unofficial mascot is the big red bear sometimes named "Touchdown"

Some facts

Motto

"I would found an institution

where any person can find

instruction in any study."

- Ezra Cornell, 1865

Motto

Location

  • Cornell University is located in Ithaca, NY.

  • There are many great food places in Ithaca, in addition to many scenic hiking trails in the surrounding area.

  • It does not have any religious affiliation.

Location

  • At Cornell, study is organized using a field structure.

  • Fields are composed of faculty members from a number of departments who come together around a shared intellectual interest and may draw from different campuses or colleges.

  • Students are admitted to fields of study. Within each field, they select major and minor subjects, which are research interests or concentrations.

  • Fields span departments and even disciplines.

Structure

Campus

  • The campus size is 2,300 acres.

  • Students can live in normal residence halls or in program houses, which are themed communities based on interests and cultural backgrounds.

  • Students can choose between a single, double, triple, or quad dorm based on how many people they want to live with.

Campus and Students

Student Demographics

Gender

46% Male, 54% Female

Race/Ethnicity

  • 36% White
  • 20% Asian
  • 14% Hispanic/Latino
  • 10% Non-Resident Alien
  • 8% Unknown
  • 7% Black/African American
  • 5% Mixed

In-State/Out-of-State

43% In-State, 57% Out-of-State

Student Demographics

Sororities&fraternities

  • They are values-based social organizations, providing members with a community of peers, and personal growth opportunities through leadership development and service projects.

  • Many of the organizations also offer a small residential living experience.

  • They provides thousands of students the platform from which they contribute to the local, regional and global communities.

Sororities & fraternities

Requirements for Attendance

Requirements and Majors

  • SAT Range: 1400-1560

ACT Range: 32-35

  • Average GPA: 3.9 on a 4.0 scale

  • 87% of accepted students were in the top 10% of their graduating class and 98% were in the top 25%.

  • Cornell also wants students who take harder classes and have strong extracurricular activities.

  • Retention Rate: 97%.

Majors

Three most enrolled majors at Cornell:

  • Engineering
  • Business, Management and Marketing
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Majors

Unique Opportunities

Opportunities and

Activities

  • Cornell has a very unique course catalog. A few interesting ones include:
  • Robot Ethics
  • Tree Climbing
  • Juggling
  • Intro to Wines
  • Archery
  • The Food Micro Minutes Podcast
  • Rock & Roll
  • Kung Fu

  • It also has a school for hotel administration which is considered by many to be the best in the world.

Social Activities

  • Cornell has over 1,000 clubs for students to join.

  • It has 37 Division 1 varsity sports to spectate.

  • There are also intramural sports for people of all skill levels to participate in.

Social Activities

Cornell is home to the largest intramural sports program.

Sports

women's sports

men's sports

List of communities that students typically join

  • International Students
  • LGBTQ+ Students
  • Students of Color
  • Students with Partners and Families
  • Student Veterans
  • Women’s Communities

Communities

Libraries

video

Cost and Financial Aid

  • Cornell does not offer merit-based financial aid, only need-based. However, they offer quite a lot of it.

  • The cost is the same for in and out of state, except for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, which has a lower in-state tuition.

Cost

Famous Alumni

Reggie Fils-Aimé

Former President of Nintendo America

Bill Nye

Star of "Bill Nye the Science Guy"

Kurt Vonnegut

Famous American writer with 14 published books

Other Info

Relevant Links

Cornell University Website:

https://www.cornell.edu/

Class of 2025 Welcoming Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDWaPgSC7zs

Cornell Statistics and Rankings:

https://www.niche.com/colleges/cornell-university/

Campus and Housing Information:

https://scl.cornell.edu/residential-life/housing

Relevant Links

Learn more about creating dynamic, engaging presentations with Prezi